Feature-Based Attention

Question 1

What type of signals change sensitivity in visual field?

Answer 1

top-down

Question 2

Attention can be directed to non-spatial features such as…

Answer 2

colour, emotional valiance

Question 3

Who studied emotion feature based attention?

Answer 3

Maratos 2008

Question 4

What ‘effect’ did maratos find?

Answer 4

The emotional superiority effect (ESE)

Question 5

What is the ESE?

Answer 5

we are more likely to pay attention to emotional stimuli as its more relevant to us

Question 6

What type of emotional stimuli are we most likely to pay attention to and why could this be?

Answer 6

threatening stimuli (over positive stimuli) - this could be evolutionary as a angry person may be a threat and we need to prioritise that in case of danger

Question 7

These findings suggest attention is linked to what part of the brain?

Answer 7

The amygdala (part of the rain which controls emotions)

Question 8

selective attention enhances [what] at locations

Answer 8

perceptual processing

Question 9

these enhancements are constrained by what?

Answer 9

perceptual information that governs recognition

Question 10

Feature and Object based attention focuses perceptual resources on what?

Answer 10

relevant items across the visual field